Best taxonomy plugins for WordPress
The most popular taxonomy plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Post Type UI leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Search & Filter (40K+) and PublishPress Taxonomies (40K+). All 319 plugins tagged “taxonomy” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 taxonomy plugins
- 1.
Custom Post Type UIThe most installed taxonomy plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 276 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Search & Filter40K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 175 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
PublishPress Taxonomies40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 195 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.Remove Category URL
40K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 61 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 5.
Radio Buttons for Taxonomies20K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 50 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.0.
- 6.Essential Content Types
20K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.
Media Library Organizer20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 150 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.Unique Headers
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 160 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 9.Custom Post Type Widgets
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 14 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
Term Management Tools10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 76 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 319 plugins tagged “taxonomy”

Custom Post Type UI
#50by webdevstudios3 months ago
Admin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.6(276)
- Downloads
- 4.6K/day

Search & Filter
Up in the last 7 days:2#789by Code Amp2 months ago
Search and Filtering for Custom Posts, Categories, Tags, Taxonomies, Post Dates and Post Types
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(175)
- Downloads
- 232/day

PublishPress Taxonomies
#810by PublishPress5 days ago
Tags, Categories and WordPress terms are easy with PublishPress Taxonomies. Add a Tag or Category to Pages, manage your WooCommerce Categories and Tag …
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(195)
- Downloads
- 1.8K/day
Remove Category URL
Up in the last 7 days:2#830by Themeisle20 days ago
Remove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.3(61)
- Downloads
- 330/day

Radio Buttons for Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,154by HelgaTheViking1 year ago
Replace the default taxonomy boxes with a custom metabox that uses radio buttons... effectively limiting each post to a single term in that taxonomy.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(50)
- Downloads
- 178/day
Essential Content Types
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,259by Catch Themes4 months ago
Essential Content Types allows you to feature the impressive content through different content/post types on your website just the way you want it.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 95/day

Media Library Organizer
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,322by Themeisle17 days ago
Create unlimited Media Library folders and subfolders to organize your files. Export Media Library folders, set default attributes & more.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(150)
- Downloads
- 370/day
Unique Headers
#1,470by Ryan Hellyer6 months ago
Add unique custom header images to individual pages, posts, categories, or tags.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(160)
- Downloads
- 84/day
Custom Post Type Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,497by thingsym5 months ago
Custom Post Type Widgets plugin adds default custom post type widgets.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(14)
- Downloads
- 75/day

Term Management Tools
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,576by scribu11 months ago
Allows you to merge terms, move terms between taxonomies, and set term parents, individually or in bulk.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(76)
- Downloads
- 375/day
Related Posts by Taxonomy
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,706by keesiemeijer2 months ago
Display a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(77)
- Downloads
- 77/day

Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,825by Dave from Gravity Wiz1 month ago
Map your Gravity-Forms-generated posts to a custom post type and/or custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(46)
- Downloads
- 119/day

Posts in Page
#1,859by ivycat7 years ago
Easily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(86)
- Downloads
- 26/day

Taxonomy Images
Down in the last 7 days:13#2,340by Ben Huson2 years ago
Associate images from your media library to categories, tags and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.4(40)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Advanced Query Loop
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,696by Ryan Welcher2 months ago
Transform your Query Loop blocks into powerful, flexible content engines! 🚀
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.6(30)
- Downloads
- 466/day

Kwayy HTML Sitemap
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,720by Bimal Rekhadiya2 months ago
Generate a clean, SEO-friendly HTML sitemap for WordPress. Supports Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 41/day

WP Term Order
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,753by John James Jacoby22 days ago
Sort taxonomy terms your way.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.8(20)
- Downloads
- 155/day
Custom Post Type Maker
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,913by Graffino5 days ago
Custom Post Type Maker lets you create Custom Post Types and custom Taxonomies in a user friendly way.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 27/day

Brands for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,019by BeRocket15 days ago
Brands for WooCommerce plugin allows you to add brands for products in your shop.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(76)
- Downloads
- 103/day
HTML Import 2
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,083by Stephanie Leary9 years ago
Imports well-formed HTML files into WordPress pages.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.3(32)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Admin Taxonomy Filter
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,139by Anh Tran1 year ago
Filter posts or custom post types in the admin area by custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(14)
- Downloads
- 47/day
Remove Taxonomy Base Slug
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,265by Alexandru Vornicescu9 years ago
This plugin can remove specific taxonomy base slug from your permalinks (e.g. "/genre/fiction/" to "/fiction/").
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(23)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Taxonomy Metadata
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,378by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)9 years ago
Infrastructure plugin which implements metadata functionality for taxonomy terms, including for tags and categories.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day
JC Submenu
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,623by jcollings6 years ago
JC Submenu plugin allows you to automatically populate your navigation menus with custom post_types, taxonomies, or child pages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(49)
- Downloads
- 12/day

PublishPress Tag Groups
Down in the last 7 days:56#3,812by PublishPress26 days ago
PublishPress Tag Groups allows you to organize your WordPress taxonomy terms and show them in clouds, tabs, accordions, tables, lists and much more.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(58)
- Downloads
- 46/day
Taxonomy Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:16#3,849by Grégory Viguier10 years ago
Add a thumbnail to your taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 20/day

Select All Categories and Taxonomies, Change Checkbox to Radio Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:11#4,160by Moove Agency5 months ago
Use radio buttons or checkboxes for your categories and custom taxonomies with this incredibly powerful and easy-to-use plugin.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 47/day

Beautiful taxonomy filters
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,410by Jonathan de Jong2 months ago
Supercharge your custom post type archives by letting visitors filter posts by their terms/categories. This plugin handles the whole thing for you!
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(68)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Taxonomy Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:16#4,481by webdevstudios3 months ago
Switch the taxonomy for all terms or only child terms of a specified parent term.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 42/day

WP Term Images
Up in the last 7 days:10#4,688by John James Jacoby28 days ago
Assign images to categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms with the WordPress media library.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Categories in Hierarchical Order
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,766by Amit Sonkhiya5 years ago
Categories in Hierarchical Order plugin maintains the hierarchical order of categories list in the Category tab under your WordPress Admin Post Editor …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Enhanced Category Pages
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,937by cip10 years ago
Create custom enhanced pages for categories and any taxonomy term and manage them as a custom post.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(23)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Category Icon
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,031by pixelgrade2 months ago
A WordPress plugin to attach an icon and/or image to taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 1.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Taxonomy Dropdown Widget
Down in the last 7 days:15#5,102by Erick Hitter9 months ago
Creates a dropdown list of non-hierarchical taxonomies as an alternative to the term (tag) cloud. Formerly known as Tag Dropdown Widget.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Remove Taxonomy URL
Down in the last 7 days:17#5,123by sungraizfaryad5 months ago
Strip custom taxonomy slugs from URLs. Optional 301 redirects, hierarchical terms, pagination support, and slug-collision detection.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Taxonomy List Widget
Up in the last 7 days:14#5,224by Erick Hitter9 months ago
Creates a list (bulleted, number, or custom) of non-hierarchical taxonomies as an alternative to the term (tag) cloud. Formerly known as Tag List Widg …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Archive Title
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,552by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas11 months ago
Provides options to control an archive page title.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,737by Brian Zoetewey14 years ago
Adds a Taxonomy Field to Advanced Custom Fields. Select one or more taxonomy terms and assign them to the post.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day

WP Taxonomy Order
Down in the last 7 days:29#6,010by nutttaro5 months ago
WP Taxonomy Order is a plugin that allows for the ordering of taxonomy or category for WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 41/day
NS Category Widget
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,173by Nilambar Sharma1 year ago
A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(34)
- Downloads
- 11/day

I Order Terms
Down in the last 7 days:22#6,175by Igor Jerosimić10 months ago
Allows theme developers to add order/sort functionality for categories, tags and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 49/day

Post Category Filter (WP Admin)
Down in the last 7 days:32#6,216by Ivijan-Stefan Stipic9 days ago
Quickly search and filter categories and taxonomies inside the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 24/day

TagPages
Up in the last 7 days:10#6,262by Bernhard Riedl9 years ago
Adds post-tags functionality for pages.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day

WP Taxonomy Manager
Up in the last 7 days:10#6,442by Md.Rakib Hossen2 days ago
Manage WordPress taxonomies and terms with CSV import/export, bulk editing, post ordering, term redirects, and user transfers.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 59/day
Rename Taxonomies by WebMan
Down in the last 7 days:24#6,449by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas11 months ago
Customizes text and menu labels for any registered taxonomy using a simple interface.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Powerful Posts Per Page (PPPP)
Down in the last 7 days:18#6,580by Toro_Unit (Hiroshi Urabe)7 years ago
Posts per page for custom post types and taxonomies.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Require Post Category
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,887by Josh Hartman2 years ago
Require users to choose a post category before updating or publishing a post.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 69/day

Categories Metabox Enhanced
Down in the last 7 days:17#6,896by Yoren Chang4 months ago
Replace the checkboxes with radio buttons or a select drop-down in the built-in Categories metabox and the Block Editor sidebar panel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(16)
- Downloads
- 17/day

xili-tidy-tags
Down in the last 7 days:38#6,941by Michel - xiligroup dev1 year ago
xili-tidy-tags is a tool for grouping tags by semantic groups or by language and for creating tidy tag clouds.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 15/day

JSM Show Term Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:2#7,537by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show term metadata in a metabox when editing terms - a great tool for debugging issues with term metadata.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day